ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Historians, veterans, and Rockford residents gathered at Veterans Memorial Hall to learn more about the history of local abolitionists at a “Civil War Roundtable.” The event ...

A continual torment -- The first American martyr -- A difficult year -- A field of blood -- The distant goal -- The African mirage -- The Constitutional rag -- The ameliorative President -- Soft ...

John Brown held a meeting to discuss liberating slaves via a guerrilla war — just before his infamous raid on Harpers Ferry.

With the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, the war merged with the abolitionist cause. The Proclamation had included an unexpected clause: at last, black men could enlist in the armed services ...

The party -- The puritan -- The pioneer -- The patriarch -- The pauper -- The plan -- Pottawatomie -- Pariah and legend -- The promoter -- Plotting multiculturally ...

Historians compare today's polarized politics and federal immigration enforcement to the intense debates over fugitive slave laws in the 1850s, revealing striking parallels.

The American Civil War remains one of the most studied and debated periods in U.S. history, as well as our most tragic conflict. However, this infamous war is also one of the most misunderstood. Over ...